AusTraits

Cyanthillium cinereum

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Conyza cinerea L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), Qld, NSW, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), Cooper_2013 (9), Crowley_2007 (2), Hughes_1992 (4), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Metcalfe_2009 (20), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), Nano_2011 (2), Pickup_2021 (20), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (10), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 61 traits from 146 records in 22 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (4); partial_resprouting (4) [sources: Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (2); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.83 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1291.5 mm2 (333-2250 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (10-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (50-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 83.13 g/m2 (83.13-83.13 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); linear (2); obovate (2); ovate (2); spathulate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (13) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Pickup_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5); perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1); insect (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnyy (1); yyyyynnnnnny (1); yyyyyynnnnyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (4); soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (1); transient (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.48 mg (0.29-0.86 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2009]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Metcalfe_20092020E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Pickup_2021520M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231213Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231112N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wright_20001010I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Cooper_201389W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
eFLOWER_Dun_202288L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.